How quickly does the President want to see these rigs back out doing exploratory drilling?
And we have -- as we have slowed deepwater permits, we have continued exploratory drilling in shallow water.
Plans have been submitted to begin exploratory drilling on a stretch of coastline from St Ives to Perranporth.
The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates mining in the state, gave UEC the permit to do exploratory drilling at Goliad.
Vale council rejected an application by Bridgend-based Coastal Oil and Gas to carry out exploratory drilling for shale gas at Llandow.
Exploratory drilling work is set to take place at the planned site.
It also does not have any full-fledged operations in the country, with its exploratory drilling operations being the only expenses until now.
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The exploration permit allowed Pacific Rim to perform exploratory drilling in the area, which is what caught the attention of local communities.
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The exploratory drilling is expected to last for about four months.
Scarabeo 9 is a semi-submersible drilling vessel recently built by Yantai Raffles, which will be on contract by Repsol YPF for deepwater exploratory drilling off Cuba.
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Increasing oil production takes quite a few years, involving time spent on seismic studies, exploratory drilling, production drilling, as well as construction of infrastructure for transportation and refining.
The new link should allow other, further-flung fields to be exploited, such as the Lagavulin oil prospect, 250km north of the Shetlands, where Chevron began exploratory drilling in October.
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Proving its technical competence in Alaska could also open the door to lucrative opportunities in the Arctic reaches of Russia, where Rosneft has partnered with ExxonMobil and Statoil to commence exploratory drilling.
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"There are legitimate environmental and safety concerns that need to be addressed by government before, I believe, exploratory drilling should be allowed to take place here or elsewhere, " Ms McCarthy said in her objection.
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Roach invested the money acquiring land and drilling exploratory wells.
When seismic surveys show that there is a good chance of finding oil, companies set about the delicate process of drilling an exploratory well.
Seismic tests have been done and drilling of exploratory wells is likely to begin next year, so Russia does not want any radiation hazard to overshadow that.
In a big blow for Royal Dutch Shell, the Obama administration has blocked the drilling of exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean off the North Slope of Alaska until 2011 at the earliest.
On May 27, the Obama Administration announced a six-month moratorium on approving any new permits for deepwater drilling and further halted drilling at 33 exploratory wells along the Gulf coast during that same time.
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It's likely to spark a new round of drilling licences similar to the gas exploratory licences already issued a few years ago in south east and north east Wales.
That said, it is impossible to predict how much of the unconventional deposits will be recoverable until well after the drilling starts, which is why it is crucial that foreign energy companies with the technology begin exploratory work.
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